Wallhausen (near Bad Kreuznach)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	200 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.3 km 2
Residents:	1562 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	152 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06706
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 109
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.wallhausen.de
Local Mayor :	Franz-Josef Jost ( CDU )
Location of the local community Wallhausen in the Bad Kreuznach district

Town center

Wallhausen is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

geography

Wallhausen is on the southern edge of the Hunsrück , already in the vicinity. The Graefenbach flows through the place. 36.9 percent of the district area is forested, 45.3 percent is used for agriculture (as of 2012).

The Wiesenmühle residential area also belongs to Wallhausen .

history

The oldest surviving mention of Wallhausen comes from 1195. The place belonged to the Dalberg lordship . This was initially held by the noble von Weyerbach family as a fiefdom of the Bishop of Speyer . The family died out in the 14th century and was inherited by the family of the Chamberlain von Worms , later von Dalberg . In 1390 or 1400 the Dalberg lordship was finally in the possession of the new masters.

A church was mentioned on February 21, 1219 in Wallhausen. The branches in Dalberg and Sommerloch belonged to the parish of Wallhausen . Eberhard I. Chamberlain von Worms was one of the few from the family of the Chamberlain von Worms who became Lutheran . Since his cousin, Wolfgang V, had entrusted him with the appointment of the pastor in Wallhausen, he presented the first Protestant pastor there on February 16, 1549 . From 1624, however, the place was again Roman Catholic . In the Thirty Years War there was also considerable damage in Wallhausen, especially in 1620 and 1621.

With the Reformation, the school system was also expanded. In 1560 a school building was built in the village and compulsory schooling was introduced after the Thirty Years' War . A school teacher in Wallhausen is also mentioned in a report about a church visit in 1790. His annual salary was 15 Malter Korn and 30 guilders .

In Wallhausen, Wallhausen Castle was built around 1560/1565 as the residence of a branch of the Dalberg family , which is now owned by the Princes of Salm-Salm after the male line died out in 1940 . For Wallhausen these are members of the Rhenish Knighthood .

In the 17th century Wallhausen was affected by the war several times. In the course of the Dutch War , in which the Electoral Palatinate and France were also involved, Wallhausen was burned down by the French military in 1676.

Today's St. Laurentius parish church, was built in 1792.

The station was from Wallhausen 1895-1936 endpoint of the narrow-gauge railway line Bad Kreuznach Wallhausen . Omnibuses and a truck replaced their traffic.

Population development

The development of the population of Wallhausen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 821 1835 1,057 1871 1,301 1905 1,308 1939 1,277 1950 1,495

year Residents 1961 1,504 1970 1,647 1987 1,584 1997 1,661 2005 1,601 2019 1,562

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Wallhausen consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	CDU	FBL	total
2019	10	6th	16 seats
2014	11	5	16 seats
2009	10	6th	16 seats
2004	10	6th	16 seats

• FBL = Free Citizens List Wallhausen e. V.

mayor

The local mayor is Franz-Josef Jost (CDU). In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office with 66.35% of the votes.

Culture and sights

The Catholic Church of St. Laurentius dates from 1794.

Wallhausen Castle is the seat of the Prinz Salm winery , the oldest German winery that has been continuously owned by the family.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Wallhausen

Viticulture

Wallhausen is significantly influenced by viticulture and, with 226 hectares of vineyards (as of 2007), it is the third largest wine-growing community in the Nahe, after Bad Kreuznach and Guldental .

Personalities

• Frédéric von Anhalt (* 1943)
• Josef Knichel (1889–1955), pastor, concentration camp prisoner in Dachau
• August Wilhelm Schynse (1857-1891), Father
• Franz-Karl Prince of Salm and Salm-Salm (1917–2011), Wallhausen Castle
• Michael Prinz zu Salm-Salm (* 1953), entrepreneur
• Johann Jacobi von Wallhausen (around 1580–1627), military writer

literature

• Eric Beres: The treasurers of Worms and their importance for the region around Wallhausen and Dalberg . In: Kurt Andermann (Hrsg.): Ritteradel in the Old Kingdom. Die Kämmerer von Worms called von Dalberg = work of the Hessian Historical Commission NF Bd. 31. Hessische Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2009. ISBN 978-3-88443-054-5 , pp. 137–154.
• Philipp de Lorenzi: Contributions to the history of all parishes in the Diocese of Trier 2nd Episcopal General Vicariate, Trier 1887, p. 278. ( online edition at dilibri )

Web links

Commons : Wallhausen  - Collection of Images

• Homepage of the local community Wallhausen am Graefenbach
• Literature about Wallhausen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 16 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
4. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain of Worms , p. 138.
5. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain , pp. 137f.
6. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain , p. 137.
7. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain , p. 139.
8. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch , Volume III, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1874, p. 95 ( Certificate 99 )
9. ↑ Beres: Die Kammerer , pp. 142f.
10. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain , p. 144.
11. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain , p. 146.
12. ↑ Lorenzi.
13. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain , p. 144.
14. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain , p. 146.
15. ↑ Lorenzi.
16. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: City council election 2019 Wallhausen. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
17. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
18. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, 29th line of results. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .